Fox has formalized plans for Dark Phoenix, the next installment of the X-Men franchise. This all just happened, but they’ve set Simon Kinberg as director (long rumored), and the studio set a release date of November 2, 2018. Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, and Kodi Smit-McPhee are all reprising when production begins in Montreal.

At the same time, Jessica Chastain is in talk to join the cast as the main villain, Shi’ar Empress Lilandra.

The 2017 South By Southwest Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Terrence Malick’s Song To Song, SXSW said today. Starring Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, and Natalie Portman and set in the Austin music scene, Song To Song follows two entangled couples chasing success and bringing seduction and betrayal into their lives. The film will screen opening night, Friday, March 10.

The release date of Ridley Scott’s “Alien: Covenant” has been moved to an earlier date. Originally, the sequel to the 2012 chilling movie “Prometheus” was scheduled to hit theatres on Aug. 4, 2017. Now, the movie, previously titled “Prometheus 2,” will release on May 19, 2017.

“Alien: Covenant” begins where “Prometheus” left off with Michael Fassbender’s synthetic David still living on the strange planet. He was one of the two characters to survive the voyage from the first movie.

The crew of a colony ship named Covenant travel to what they believe is a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy. They believe that the planet is uninhabited but then they come across an android called David.

David won’t be the only robot in “Alien: Covenant.” Fassbender will also play an android known as Walter who is more advanced than David and assists the Covenant crew on their voyage to this distant planet.

Katherine Waterston stars as Daniels, a crew member of the ship. Danny McBride plays the role of the pilot of the ship and Noomi Rapace reprises her role as archeologist Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, the only human crew member who survived on the destroyed Prometheus ship. Billy Crudup, Guy Pearce and Jussie Smollett also star in this sequel.

The Austin Film Festival has release its full film slate for its 23rd annual event, with marquee titles such as La La Land starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling andTrespass Against Us with Michael Fassbender and Brandon Glesson. The fest, which runs October 13-20, already had set Jeff Nichols’ Loving as the opening night feature.Other big titles to be screened include Lionstarring Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel and Rooney Mara; Wakefield featuring Brian Cranston and Jennifer Garner from writer-director Robin Swicord; and the animated feature Nerdland with Paul Rudd and Patton Oswalt.

The lineup includes 20 world premieres for films such as One Night, an indie-romance with Anna Camp from writer-director Minhal Baig, The Writer’s Burrow, gender exploration doc The Big Flip—Stories From The Modern Household and Austin-based comedy Hot Air. The fest will also feature Retrospective series guest programmed by Jason Segel, Paul Feig, Phil Rosenthal, and others.

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The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.

In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock 'n' roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.

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